Project Governance Job Trends in the South East

Project Governance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Project Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 275 231
Rank change year-on-year +4 -44 +160
Permanent jobs citing Project Governance 10 32 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.097% 0.35% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.40% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 8 19 30
10th Percentile £51,750 - £39,561
25th Percentile £57,188 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.25% -1.67%
75th Percentile £68,750 £55,000 £67,500
90th Percentile - £68,000 -
England median annual salary £68,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.48% -4.55% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Project Governance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,357 8,077 7,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.79% 87.73% 89.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4,941 3,953 4,964
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £44,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,130
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +8.23% -3.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Governance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Project Governance job vacancy trend in the South East

Project Governance
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Project Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in the South East over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Governance in the South East

Project Governance
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Governance within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Sussex - 5 £67,500 -
Thames Valley +6 3 £53,750 -23.21% 3
East Sussex +10 2 £58,750 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £53,750 -
Berkshire -7 1 - - 2
Kent -14 1 - - 2
Project Governance
England

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (10.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Google Ads
2 2 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (10.00%) SaaS
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Advertising
3 3 (30.00%) Legal
3 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Product Owner
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) PMO Lead
3 1 (10.00%) SDLC Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SDLC Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Business Case
3 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) Project Planning
3 4 (40.00%) Scrum
4 3 (30.00%) Backlog Management
4 3 (30.00%) Data Enrichment
4 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 2 (20.00%) CRM
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) SDLC
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Identification
5 2 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
6 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
6 1 (10.00%) Cost Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Progress
2 1 (10.00%) Planview
2 1 (10.00%) Remedy
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow